The Index

Series

Episode

Title

First
Broadcast

Repeated

Comments

The Builder

19990621

Five different indexes, as seen by Chris Bigsby.

1: `The Builder'.

Ruth Richardson and Richard Thorne reveal the secrets contained in the pages of a Victorian architectural journal.

The Herbarium

19990622

Five different indexes, as seen by Chris Bigsby.

2: `The Herbarium'.

A visit to an organic index to the natural world - a collection of millions of pressed plants.

The Great War

19990623

19991114

Five different indexes, as seen by Chris Bigsby.

3: `The Great War'.

Christopher Bigsby rummages through some three million records of men who enlisted in the First World War, and finds his ancestors went AWOL.

Five different indexes, as seen by Chris Bigsby.

3: `The Great War'.

Christopher Bigsby rummages through some three million records of men who enlisted in the First World War, and finds his ancestors went AWOL.

The Index Index

19990624

Five different indexes, as seen by Chris Bigsby.

4: `The Index Index'.

Christopher Bigsby visits the offices of the Index on Censorship where he meets Chinese dissident poet Yang Lian

Five different indexes, as seen by Chris Bigsby.

4: `The Index Index'.

Christopher Bigsby visits the offices of the Index on Censorship where he meets Chinese dissident poet Yang Lian

The Biography

19990625

Five different indexes, as seen by Chris Bigsby.

5: `The Biography'.

Christopher Bigsby meets biographer Richard Holmes and his indexer Douglas Matthews at the home of the creator of fake indexes, Malcolm Bradbury.

Episodes

Series	Episode	Title	First Broadcast	Repeated	Comments
01	01	The Builder	19990621		Five different indexes, as seen by Chris Bigsby. 1: `The Builder'. Ruth Richardson and Richard Thorne reveal the secrets contained in the pages of a Victorian architectural journal.
01	02	The Herbarium	19990622		Five different indexes, as seen by Chris Bigsby. 2: `The Herbarium'. A visit to an organic index to the natural world - a collection of millions of pressed plants.
01	03	The Great War	19990623	19991114	Five different indexes, as seen by Chris Bigsby. 3: `The Great War'. Christopher Bigsby rummages through some three million records of men who enlisted in the First World War, and finds his ancestors went AWOL. Five different indexes, as seen by Chris Bigsby. 3: `The Great War'. Christopher Bigsby rummages through some three million records of men who enlisted in the First World War, and finds his ancestors went AWOL.
01	04	The Index Index	19990624		Five different indexes, as seen by Chris Bigsby. 4: `The Index Index'. Christopher Bigsby visits the offices of the Index on Censorship where he meets Chinese dissident poet Yang Lian Five different indexes, as seen by Chris Bigsby. 4: `The Index Index'. Christopher Bigsby visits the offices of the Index on Censorship where he meets Chinese dissident poet Yang Lian
01	05	The Biography	19990625		Five different indexes, as seen by Chris Bigsby. 5: `The Biography'. Christopher Bigsby meets biographer Richard Holmes and his indexer Douglas Matthews at the home of the creator of fake indexes, Malcolm Bradbury.